Improvement in harness saddle-trees



Noj 118,541 wanted Aug. 29,1811..

PATENT OEEIOE.

THOMAS GEORGE MOORE, OF ALBIA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS SADDLE-TREES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,547, dated August29, 1871; antedated August 25, 1871.

To vall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAs GEORGE MOORE, of Albia, in the county ofMonroe and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Seli1-Adjusting Harness-Tree; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable o'thersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in section, of my improvedself-adjusting harness-tree. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional top view ofthe saine, the line m m in Fig. l indicating the plane of section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new construction of harness-tree, to makethe, saine self-adjusting to the animals back, and easily put together.The invention consists in connecting the bridge and jockeys by ineans oftenons on the former and sockets on the latter, and applyingl theterrets to the last-named sockets, so that they Will close the same andhelp secure the bridge.

A in the drawing represents the bridge of a harness-tree, of suitableconstruction. B B are the jockeys or end pieces of the tree. From eachjockey projects a socket or box, a, open on top and vertically slottedat the end nearest the bridge. Each end of the bridge is T- shaped-fi.

e., has projecting pins b b at both sides. G C are the terrets. Theyhave their shanks c so formed as to t into those parts of the socket athat are not occupied by the bridge.A The ends or' the bridge a-re ittcdwithin the sockets, so that the pins b will be concealed therein,recesses l being provided in the sides of the socket for the receptionof said pins. The terrets are then, with their sh anks, iitted into thesockets, and cover the same, locking also the pins b within theirrecesses. Screws c or pins j' are employed to lock the terrets.

All parts are thus properly united and readily put together. The jockeyscan swing on the pivots b to be selfadjusting, and cannot work loose, asthey are firmly held in place by the terre-ts.

The construction of the tree is quite simple. All parts can be cast inthe form shown, so that no difficult manipulations will be required.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The bridge A, provided with the T- shaped tenons b,combined with the jockeys B B which carry the sockets c, into which theterrets are secured, thus securing the bridge to the jockeys,substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS GEORGE MOORE.

Witnesses:

J AMES GOEN, J. CLIFFORD GILLIS.

